Mise-en-Scene Considerations

Nathan


We have thought a lot about the mise-en-scene of our film as the this is very important as it portrays the narrative and genre of our film opening. We thought of the props, location and costumes for our piece carefully and have come up with a few ideas for each, these include;

• Costumes - The costumes are very important to display the different characters and how they are based within the narrative. Costumes usually show importance or a lot about the character whether its their personality or attitude to their job role. Therefore as we have a variety of characters within our film opening, ( a member of the public, two policeman, a detective and two forensics) , therefore we need to display them in order of importance and correctly show their personality.

The detective - We decided to use a suit or a shirt and tie with a long coat. We decided to consider either of these options as detectives usually wear suits or a very distinct long coat.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 















  Two forensics - We  decided to use the very common forensic costume as this is more realistic.

Member of the public - We considered using running costumes to make the member of the public look like they have ran past the crime scene and noticed it, or a casual dog walker wearing casual clothing.

Two policeman - We have considered using the normal police clothing such as a jumper and a police hat or just a shirt and tie, these both portray a policeman therefore we need to see which looks better.

Location - Location is important as this will set the scene and enable our audience to see where this film is set. The setting also helps create the atmosphere within the opening scene therefore location is very important. We thought of two ideas which include a dark alley way and a forest in which is out the way from a main area ( a city for example).

The dark alley would consist a mid night murder in which would be discovered in the morning.

The forest would be far away, where only dog walkers and runners would venture to.

 

This post has helped us understand what mise-en-scene we could use and how we could use it. We initially thought of all these ideas and when we come the film we will choose 1 idea from each section. We will also be filming under naturalistic lighting.